Month January 2006

Earthquake

Hamas apparent hub of new Palestinian government (I meant to post this earlier today…)

Earth to Blogger

Atrios is not responding. AMERICAblog is dead in the water, Firedoglake, ditto.Ԛ ÔšÃ‚  Right now, trying to access them gives “problem loading page” and an error screen. What’s happening is Blogger is having more of its usual hiccups and server problems.…

Weather forecast: tyranny foretold

Empire Burlesque on creeping fascism and the compliance of the ruling class in the Bush agenda. It won’t come with jackboots and book burnings, with mass rallies and fevered harangues. It won’t come with “black helicopters” or tanks on the…

Ousourcing torture

Amnesty International’s reaction to the Council of Europe’s report on renditions and black sites. Publication of the Council of Europe’s interim report on the issue of extraordinary renditions and secret detention centres in Europe is a step towards uncovering the…

‘It can’t happen here’

A friend tells me that friends of his who lived in Germnay in the 30’s say things in the US are getting a little bit too familiar. The erosion of liberty. The hatemongering. The invasions and torture. They’ve been here…